Characterization of Glass Fibre – Coconut Coir– Human Hair Hybrid Composites

A composite material is a combination of two or more materials arranged in the form of layer one on the other layer using binding material through some prescribed methods. In the Glass fibre coconut fibre human hair hybrid composite method, the epoxy resin is used as binding material, in which one layer is formed of glass fibre, followed by coconut fibre and then by human hair. By using hand layup method and by changing the above arrangement of layers, six types of laminates are prepared by using the resin of LY556 and hardness HY951.The six types of laminates are Glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP)Coconut coir reinforced plastic(CCRP),Human hair reinforced plastic(HHRP),Glass – Coconut coir human hairGlass hybrid composite (GCHGRP),Coconut coir-glasshuman hair-coconut coir hybrid composite (CGHCRP) and human hair-coconut coir-glass-human hair hybrid composite (HCGHRP) . As per ASTM standard, specimens are prepared in the above said six conduct various tests such as tensile, flexural, shear, impact and hardness tests. From the characterization of Glass-coconut coir-Human hair hybrid composite, it is observed that Eco-friendly coconut coir and human hair inclusion in the Glass fibre laminates have significantly influenced the mechanical properties. [email protected]